in the end autopilot technology at this stage whether to improve traffic safety? Or as driver assistance purposes only, at most, can help alleviate the burden of driving and fatigue? For this point, most people still can not be assured that trust, but according to the data provided in the report Tesla safety point of view, perhaps the autopilot system than we imagined to be more reliable.
Tesla earlier released a security report 2019 fourth quarter, the statistics Tesla sold a vehicle accident data according to the report 4th quarter in the case of autopilot autopilot function, with an average 4.94 million kilometers per accident will happen; but have not used autopilot under active safety systems, the average per 3.38 million kilometers an accident occur; both are free , the average of 2.64 million kilometers an accident occurs.
Although the fourth quarter of 2019 and the third quarter compared to the average number of accidents occur mileage substantial step backward, but to the average performance, using the Autopilot average accident mileage stretched by about 5.5 percentage without use Autopilot with active safety features, both of which are on average no accidents were also extend the mileage 32.9 percentage and 31.2 percentage. This means that with or without the autopilot function, overall vehicle safety still continue to improve.
in the overall safety performance, according to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA statistics show that the nation’s average vehicle accidents mileage of 770,000 kilometers, this seems to imply Tesla or without active safety systems, comprehensive security performance seems to be better than average?
because too many factors involved in auto accidents, a direct comparison can not restore the original appearance of the real situation. But alone Tesla vehicles currently on the road statistical data, it is certain that there is no better equipped with active safety active safety equipment, while the autopilot system is better than no autopilot system.
why most people still do not have confidence autopilot system? This is partly because the media reported the incident to enlargeSeverity Moreover buzz considerations based autopilot system driving accidents to man-made accidents than interesting, have reported a significant drop in intensity, leading to frequent accidents autopilot gives the illusion.
Finally, there is “no control” insecurity vehicle, but even experienced drivers, in fact, still overestimate their own driving skills and reaction speed. Automotive safety technology development so far in the implementation of human reaction speed or accuracy of simple tasks had far less electrical machinery, situational judgment only on the complicated human brain to face AI Artificial Intelligence still has an overwhelming advantage … at least for now.